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Axed Female Kraft Employee Shoots 2 Dead

Employee opened fire minutes after being suspended

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 10, 2010 3:20 AM CDT

(Newser) – A woman who had just been suspended from her job at a Kraft plant in Philadelphia returned and opened fire on her colleagues, killing two of them, police say. The worker—identified by colleagues as Yvonne Hiller—drove through a fence surrounding the baking plant 9 minutes after she had been escorted from the building, entered the factory, and opened fire on workers in the room where she worked as a mixer, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

A third person was shot and critically injured before Hiller was taken into custody by a SWAT team, who freed seven people hiding in a quality control room before isolating the shooter in an office. Police say she fired one shot at them and missed. The plant, which makes Ritz Crackers and Lorna Doone cookies, will be closed until further notice and employees will be offered counseling services, said Kraft officials.

Police gather outside the Kraft plant in northeast Philadelphia.
Police gather outside the Kraft plant in northeast Philadelphia.   (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)
Police gather at the scene of a workplace shooting at the Kraft plant in northeast Philadelphia.
Police gather at the scene of a workplace shooting at the Kraft plant in northeast Philadelphia.   (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)
Police remove a victim's body from the scene of a workplace shooting at the Kraft Foods facility in Northeast Philadelphia last night.
Police remove a victim's body from the scene of a workplace shooting at the Kraft Foods facility in Northeast Philadelphia last night.   (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)
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COMMENTS
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Observer
Sep 11, 2010 3:56 PM CDT
The transfat intake made her go nuts.
j e f
Sep 10, 2010 5:54 PM CDT
I would approve of this if she took out two of the chief executives.
Realist
Sep 10, 2010 5:26 PM CDT
I'd be interested in knowing more about the reason for her suspension. You can't excuse what she did, but with things the way they are right now with the economy and the job market, getting suspended after 15 years in a job has to be a terrifying prospect. It'll probably get worse before it gets better :(

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